vi with unicode character

[Michael Brandt]

Hi,

2006/1/14, William Case <billlinux at rogers.com>:
>
> Well, what is the way of entering a character by unicode number?
>

When using GNOME you can produce any unicode character in the following way:

1. hold down shift and ctrl
2. type unicode-sequence, e.g. "00FC" for "ü"
3. release shift and ctrl

This method is even a standard (ISO 14755)
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/volatile/ISO-14755.pdf

Regards Michael